Bai Fumei in the ’70s Chapter 121 (Part 1)
Translated by Serena Love
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When Zhao Lanxiang got on the bus heading to the airport, she took out her handkerchief and wiped the traces on her face.
The familiar scenery regressed until it turned into a scenery unfamiliar to her.
Jiang Jianjun handed Zhao Lanxiang a bottle of water, but Zhao Lanxiang did not receive it.
He lowered his face, his cold brows raised slightly, and said, "If you continue like this, I can't guarantee that I won't trouble him in the future."
She looked out at the window with her head down. Suddenly the bike passed in the corner, and there was a rush of bicycle bells.
The bus braked unexpectedly. The powerful inertia caused the passengers to knock around to varying degrees, and they complained.
"What the hell!"
"Driver, look properly when you drive. What will you do if a child falls?"
"Just..."
Zhao Lanxiang inadvertently cast her gaze outside the bus. She was shocked, and her whole body sat upright when she saw the dusty figure outside the bus. The man dropped his bicycle and walked past the side of the bus. Under her watch, he knocked on the door.
The driver scolded him for his stupidity, but he also opened the door.
He strode into the bus and walked in front of her. His eyes were dark like a vortex, covered with haze.
He Songbai asked her one word, "Why?"
His voice was thick and rough, with a rapid breath after a harsh exercise. His eyes were so red, as if he had suffered wrongs, and stared at her.
This is the man she loves most. She is the most unwilling to look at him being aggrieved.
Zhao Lanxiang's heart seemed to be squeezed hard, but before she could speak, He Songbai pulled her.
He said, "Go home with me."
He walked faster and faster, squeezing her wrist with the palm of his hand, so hard as if he wanted to break her bones.
When they got out of the car, He Songbai pursed his lips in silence. His thin lips made into a straight line. He couldn't stop wiping the sweat that had oozed from his forehead with his sleeves.
Zhao Lanxiang noticed his blood-soaked trousers. Her heart was dull and painful, "I told you not to come, but you still come."
He Songbai took out the wrinkled flower in his arms and handed it to her.
"This is the first flower I saw on the way to the pig farm."
The flower he was holding was already damaged, and it was so crumpled that people could not see the original look, as if it had been hit hard by the wind and frost.
Zhao Lanxiang touched it and ripped off its incomplete petal.
He squeezed out a smile, and his breezy tone sounded like when he said good morning to her every ordinary morning.
"I haven't sent you flowers this year...I will always give you."
"You like it very much."
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Gu Huaijin also returned from the city. After returning to the bullpen, he started to pack up his own things. He stayed here for a long time after all. Because the criminal "hat" on his head will be taken off soon, and he will leave this place after his grievances have been eluted.
Leave forever.
He was very happy, as if he had been infused with energy all over the body, making him a whole few years younger. But he looked at his belongings in the bullpen little by little and felt sentimental.
For many days and nights, he fell asleep here listening to the sound of frogs, and he woke up early in the morning and went up the mountain to cut the grass.
The plants and trees here are so familiar that he can draw them with his eyes closed. There are also three meals a day from educated youth Zhao. The good food accompanied by the beautiful scenery has added fun to his time in the countryside. Before he left, he already missed it.
He wanted to go to educated youth Zhao for a bowl of porridge. In spring, the girl loves to simmer the fragrant and smooth porridge to make up for his health.
Although he has suffered a lot in the past few years, he also got the blessings he had never tasted in the first half of his life. People said that the human relationship is cold and warm, but what he felt in the He family is warm.
He knocked on the educated youth Zhao's door. No one answered, but the door was unlocked. The door rattled twice and opened with a creak.
In the afternoon, the setting sun gradually converged and spread into the room. The image in the room was split between light and darkness. Some golden light was laid out where the afterglow shone, but the other side was covered with deep shadows.
And He Songbai was the one who was in this shadow. He leaned against the desk, a look of self-dejected.
Gu Huaijin asked, "How about Xiang girl? You still not coming out quickly. What is it look like to stay in a girl's room?"
He will soon become He Songbai's teacher. Gu Huaijin felt that he should discipline this kid well, so he put on a serious face.
He Songbai opened his eyes and said slowly, "She is gone and will not come back."
"What?"
He repeated it lightly, "She is gone and will not come back."
As he said this, he rolled a paper into a ball and threw it away.
"How did she go... Hey, now the colleges and universities across the country are also starting school term. So it is time that she should go. You also should get ready to prepare. After Wu Yong's case opens, I will go to City B with you."
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"Wait...you..." Gu Huaijin stared at the young man's red eyes, swallowing everything in his mouth.
He seemed to understand. Judging from his life experience accumulated in most of his life, this kid was mostly broken in love.
Gu Huaijin stooped down silently and also sat beside He Songbai.
He said, "You are so young, but so many troubles. Look at your face; isn't she just not coming back? You have long legs. Won't you go find her yourself?"
He Songbai heard his words, but the man's words kept flashing in his mind.
"You don't deserve her."
He finally shook his head.
"She has a better future. The future I can't give her."
Gu Huaijin was anxious and slapped him, "Are there no prospects for following you?"
In response to this, Gu Huaijin was completely silent, and the youth sitting next to him seemed to blend into the dark night. He was silent, decadent, and depressed.
Day after day, days passed like a flash in a blink of an eye.
Gu Huaijin looked at this decadent young man, who became increasingly silent. In the morning, he would go to the mountains to pick a bunch of camellias, and when he came back, he kept it in a vase. He would watch the sunset on the hills in the evening.
He did not go to work nor find his girlfriend.
His love has not yet successfully borne fruit but has been severely hit by the wind and frost.
Ten days later, Gu Huaijin went to the drunken youth from the hills and said to him, "Wu Yong's case is in court. Do you want to hear it?"
He Songbai opened his drunken eyes, and he responded, "I'm going."
The sun was very clear that day. The chilly wind was completely gone, and the world was full of spring.
He Songbai wore clean clothes and shaved off his stubble beard. After so many days of recovery, he was refreshed. He went to the trial with Gu Huaijin, his sister, brother-in-law, and people who were involved in the case.
"The court in City X of Province X ruled as follows. Wu Yong was sentenced to the death penalty and deprive him of his political rights for life."
After He Songbai heard the verdict of the trial, his eyes turned to Wu Yong.
He saw that he was wearing a prison gown, and he was so thin that he looked like a pin. The moment he heard the verdict, his calm face appeared for a moment.
When he retired from the court, He Songbai passed Wu Yong's side, and he suddenly remembered what Teacher Gu Gong had mentioned to him as a joke. Wu Yong handed him the message through Hu Xianzhi.
"I will pour back all the bitter water in my heart."
It is a pity that Hu Xianzhi expressed the sentence inaccurately, and Teacher Gu left behind some things when he was scolding. This "bitter water" is actually cynical words that Wu Yong used because of his self-righteous arrogance. If He Songbai heard it at that time, he would surely hear Wu Yong's voice as if he was reading a popular publication at X university.
He Songbai thought of this, said lightly, "Although nobility is often not passed to descendants. But despicability is probably passed from a despicable ancestor."
Wu Yong bowed his head and can't dispute. The police escorted him calmly to the car. When he heard the verdict, whether he regretted it or not, He Songbai did not know.
But when He Songbai saw his family chasing Wu Yong crying and fainting, he felt that there is a price to pay when people do bad things.
The bright sunlight greeted him above his head. His eyes narrowed slightly to see the white clouds in the sky. The sunlight will shine on him as well as on her.
All the haze will pass, and a new life will start again.
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Suddenly, there was a rumor in Hezi village. Some community members witnessed the most beautiful female educated youth in the village take the initiative to kiss the He family's second son as if they had been there.
This was terrible. Almost as if it's exploded, it made people talk all day long.
"Hey! I remembered. No wonder once He's second finished his work at that time, he went to work for the female educated youth. You might not remember the fact that he fought with several people the previous year. It's really pitiful for Wang Xizi... At that time, he was right!"
"Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Of course, I did not expect this kind of blessing. Hey... I saw that the female educated youth just couldn't think properly.
"What about the person that dealt with him? Didn't the person get rid of him after entering college? Toad wanted to eat swan meat..."
No matter what, this peach-colored rumor made the people in the village start to look up at He Songbai. They thought he was very capable and could actually break into this cold and rich flower.
The villagers who looked at him the most are those who have daughters. They began to inquire about his marriage.
A prospective college student, this is remarkable. Although his background is a little bit bad, he must get a job after graduation. It is better to be a worker in the city than to work in the countryside.
It is now a new era. It is not bad to laugh at the poor, but if He Songbai is capable of making a lot of money, so that their whole family can eat and wear clothes, and eat meat every year during the holidays, that would be great! They don't mind the landlord background of the He family's second son.
So when He Songbai packed up her luggage and headed north, Grandma Li welcomed the first matchmaker who took the initiative to come.
After listening to the matchmaker's words, Grandma Li listened to how she praised the woman for being down-to-earth, hard work, and did not say too many words.
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She waited silently for the matchmaker to finish, then sighed, "The conditions are all good, but it is up to him."
"What else is there to see? It was not me that said this, but if you want to put it too high, you might not be able to marry your grandson. You don't want to think about your family..."
Grandma Li froze and got her grandson-in-law to drove the matchmaker out of the house.
Since then, she no longer cares about matchmakers that come to her door. Her Songbai is hard-working and kind, but he will not deal with such a mess.
In March, He Songbai followed Gu Huaijin to university with his huge luggage.
They sleep in a crowded and noisy cabin. The train is full of various smells and crowded. There are bare-chested men, white-haired old women, women with babies on their waists, and children who are jumping around, with a strong accent from the north and the south.
He Songbai, who was mixed in this noisy scene, was in a calm mood. He was holding a book and reading it.
Gu Huaijin unscrewed the kettle, took a sip, and said, "Hey, that's right. Turn your grief and anger into motivation. Study hard, and you will stand out in the future."
"You are smart, knowing when to do things. It's not that I'm talking behind your back, but I also asked Shuoming about that child. That child is really excellent. Not even my proud son has survived. Good girls always have suitors..."
"I will try my best to teach you everything I know, and you learn well, okay?"
He Songbai nodded emphatically. He set the book aside and lay on the bed staring at the scenery outside the window. The whistling train traveled all the way through the gurgling streams and big river hills in the south to the majestic high mountains in the north, passing the Qinling and Huaihe River on the map, crossing the magnificent Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, and most of China's north and south scenery. Almost throughout the journey, He Songbai gazed at the scenery along the way.
In front of him flashed the scene when he and Zhao Lanxiang took the train to S City together. The scenery was not so tiring, and the mood at that time was like a ray of sunshine, even though it was in autumn. It made people feel that there are birds and flowers everywhere, and every scene is unique and impressive.
But now, he closed his eyes silently and closed the book.
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